Care home · Liverpool
Prince Alfred Residential Care Home
Typical fee here £1,130–£1,380 a week Estimate
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- Rose Villas, Prince Alfred Road, Liverpool, L15 8HH
- Run by
- Sanctuary Care Limited (83 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 50 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2020 (6 years)
- Part of
- Sanctuary Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Lisa Illidge
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04231521)
- Last CQC check
- 29 Jul 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-9193984328
The service in brief
Prince Alfred Residential Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Liverpool, run by Sanctuary Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (July 2024), with Caring rated Outstanding. It is one of 50 CQC-registered care homes in and around Liverpool; 30 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score44 of 77 in Liverpool
- Effective75% score65 of 77 in Liverpool
- Caring95% score6 of 77 in Liverpool
- Responsive75% score69 of 77 in Liverpool
- Well-led75% score47 of 77 in Liverpool
Source: CQC, published 29 July 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Liverpool share it; for example, 6 of 77 care homes in Liverpool rated Outstanding for Caring.
The company behind Prince Alfred Residential Care Home
Prince Alfred Residential Care Home is run by Sanctuary Care Limited (company 04231521), incorporated in 2001, 19 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Sanctuary Care Limited runs 83 CQC-registered services across 40 council areas; 78 of the 82 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (95%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Sanctuary Care Limited brand, which covers 113 services run by 3 registered providers.
Percentage scores by area
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Prince Alfred Residential Care Home scores 79%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 95%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs4 · Exceptional
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 2 May 2024, published 29 July 2024, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Earlier inspections
- Dec 2020
- Jul 2022
- Jul 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 23 July 2022
- CQC inspection report 2 December 2020
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 6 November 2025 by Liverpool. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Prince Alfred Residential Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Church
- Council
- Liverpool City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Bus stop 170 m (2 min walk) · 23 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wavertree Technology Park, 940 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery Lance Lane Medical Centre, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 760 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Park Rose Garden, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Café 630 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship Wavertree Congregational Church, 90 m (1 min walk)
- Library Picton Library, 500 m (6 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
From the latest CQC inspection
- It accommodates people across two floors, each of which has separate facilities.
- At our last inspection the service was rated good.
- We initiated this assessment of the service on 2 May 2024.
- People and relatives we spoke with said they felt safe and well looked by the staff.
Inspected 26 April 2022; report published 23 July 2022; supporting 36 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Oak Springs Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (4 of the nearest 25).
11 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Church ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (1 min), a park (3 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The ratings in context
For Prince Alfred Residential Care Home, Caring is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Liverpool, 6 of 77 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (8%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 95% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 79% overall.
Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Caring section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.
Costs to expect
We estimate Prince Alfred Residential Care Home at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Liverpool Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
Track record
Prince Alfred Residential Care Home has been registered with CQC since July 2020, about 6 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2020–2024), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Good.
There are 2 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 23 July 2022.
Family reviews
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Prince Alfred Residential Care Home in local context
- Rated Good. Across Liverpool, 68% of the 77 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2024) is more recent than 49% of care home ratings in Liverpool.
- With 50 beds it is larger than 76% of care homes in Liverpool, where the typical home has 35.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 34% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Liverpool lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Liverpool (Oct 2026).
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What families ask about Prince Alfred Residential Care Home
- Is Prince Alfred Residential Care Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Prince Alfred Residential Care Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are Prince Alfred Residential Care Home's fees?
- Prince Alfred Residential Care Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Who runs Prince Alfred Residential Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Sanctuary Care Limited.
- How many beds does Prince Alfred Residential Care Home have?
- Prince Alfred Residential Care Home has 50 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How recent is Prince Alfred Residential Care Home's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 29 July 2024, 2 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does Prince Alfred Residential Care Home support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- What services is Prince Alfred Residential Care Home registered for?
- Prince Alfred Residential Care Home is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is Prince Alfred Residential Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Prince Alfred Residential Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-9193984328) and was rated Good overall in July 2024.
- Where is Prince Alfred Residential Care Home?
- It is at Rose Villas, Prince Alfred Road, Liverpool, L15 8HH.
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